Uvdal is a village and former municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is situated in the traditional region of Numedal and is the location of the Uvdal Stave Church.[1]
The municipality was created by a split from Nore on 1 January 1901. The new municipality, which was called Opdal at the time, had a population of 1,429. The name was changed to Uvdal on 22 January 1932 by royal resolution. In 1937, a part of Uvdal with 220 inhabitants was moved to Hol municipality. On 1 January 1962, Uvdal was reunited with Nore to form the new municipality Nore og Uvdal. Before the merger, Uvdal had 1,213 inhabitants.[2] [3]
References
edit- ^ Geir Thorsnæs. "Numedal". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- "Uvdal stavkirke". Den norske kirke. Retrieved 1 October 2017. - ^ Geir Thorsnæs. "Uvdal – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Uvdal - tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
Other sources
edit- Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".
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